Solving Cambodia’s Plastic Problem Seen as Key to Minimizing Waste Lang Teng and his wife Him Chan Ouen have sold vegetables for more than four decades. They own two stalls… 04/21/2020 Aimeast
Driver Killed in WHO Vehicle Carrying Virus Swabs in Myanmar’s Rakhine A World Health Organization vehicle carrying swabs from patients to be tested for coronavirus came under gunfire in Myanmar's western… 04/21/2020 Aimeast
Asia Today: Singapore Extends Lockdown Amid Surge in COVID Cases Singapore will extend its partial lockdown by four more weeks after reporting thousands of new coronavirus cases in recent days,… 04/21/2020 Aimeast
Financially Strapped Virgin Australia Enters into Voluntary Administration The coronavirus pandemic has forced Australia’s second-largest airline, Virgin Australia, into a voluntary administration agreement under which it will be… 04/21/2020 Aimeast
Data Analysis: Less Testing Could Account for Poorer Nations’ Lower Virus Cases The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in developing nations in Asia is relatively low when compared to those in other regions, but that is unlikely to be… 04/21/2020 Aimeast
South Korean Officials Deny Talk About Kim Jong Un’s Health South Korea’s government is disputing reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seriously ill after undergoing heart surgery. A… 04/21/2020 Aimeast
Covid-related Medical Supplies Arrive in Argentina from China Tons of covid-related medical supplies are arriving in Argentina from China. A second plane of masks, protective suits, and chemicals used for coronavirus… 04/21/2020 Aimeast
Singapore Posts Record Number of New Coronavirus Cases Singapore said Monday it has an additional 1,426 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infections, the single biggest day increase for… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
India Partially Reopens Economy Even as Coronavirus Cases Surge Nearly four weeks after imposing a stringent nationwide lockdown, India took tentative steps to restart its economy, easing restrictions on… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
China’s Vice Minister of Public Security Arrested in Corruption Probe China’s vice minister of public security, Sun Lijun, has been arrested for alleged “severe violations of party discipline and law,”… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
Australia Slaps Heavy Fines on People Spitting on Workers During COVID-19 Crisis A $3,000 on-the-spot fine for spitting or coughing on health workers during the COVID-19 crisis in the Australian state of… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
26 Pro-Government Afghans Killed in Fighting As many as 26 members of Afghan local forces or pro-government militias were killed over the past two days in… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
Pakistani Soldier, 5 Militants Killed in Firefight Near Afghan Border Authorities in Pakistan said Monday at least one soldier and five “terrorists” were killed in clashes in a volatile district… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
China Steps up Patrols in Disputed Sea; Here’s What Malaysia and Vietnam Will do Malaysia and Vietnam, militarily weaker than China, are expected to protest through diplomatic channels over a Chinese survey ship fleet… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
Could Virus See Rohingya ‘Floating Coffins’ Crisis Return to ASEAN? Malaysia is using COVID-19 as an excuse to reject Rohingya Muslim refugees, human rights groups say, bringing flashbacks of 2015… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
Ventilator From Old Car Parts? Afghan Girls Pursue Prototype On most mornings, Somaya Farooqi and four other teen-age girls pile into her dad's car and head to a mechanic's… 04/20/2020 Aimeast
Released Chinese Lawyer Barred from Returning Home after Quarantine Period Ends A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who was released two weeks ago after spending 4 ½ years in prison for… 04/19/2020 Aimeast
North Korea Denies Sending ‘Nice Note’ to Trump Pyongyang has refuted a claim by Washington that Kim Jong Un sent a “nice note” to his American counterpart Donald… 04/19/2020 Aimeast
India’s Kerala State Shows Way in Coronavirus Fight Before many countries had fully grasped the devastation that COVID-19 would bring, health authorities in India’s southern state of Kerala… 04/19/2020 Aimeast
Australia Demands Transparency from China in Proposed Global COVID-19 Review Australia is demanding transparency from China in a proposed international investigation into the origins and spread of COVID-19.Chinese authorities have… 04/19/2020 Aimeast